A small car and a tanker truck loaded with gasoline have collided. The car is lodged under the tanker, the car engine is smoking, and the threat of fire is significant. After being waved in by the fire department, assessment reveals the patient to be unresponsive with a patent airway, but breathing with difficulty at 8 times per minute. In caring for this patient, your immediate action should be to:
A) Promptly open the airway and suction prior to moving the patient
B) Rapidly extricate the patient and provide care away from the wreckage
C) Quickly obtain vital signs and then extricate the patient from the car
D) Immediately start positive pressure ventilation and place a vest immobilization device for extrication
B) Rapidly extricate the patient and provide care away from the wreckage
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